BUSINESS CALENDAR
SIGNINGS
THURSDAY: Hemaraj Land and Development Plc, a unit of WHA Corporation Plc, will sign a land purchase contract with Jinpao Precision Industry Co at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit.
MEDIA BRIEFINGS
MONDAY: Finansia Syrus Securities Plc will host a press conference on its new service, VNtrade, to allow investors to trade shares on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange via the internet. The press briefings will be held at Pinnacle 4-6 Room, InterContinental Bangkok. Sansiri Plc will reveal investment projects to help drive the company’s goals to go global. The company’s executives will also discuss challenges and risk factors in the property industry this year. The event will take place at Infinity 1 Room, Pullman King Power Hotel. PTT Plc will hold a press conference on its new PTT UltraForce lubricant oil at Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld. TUESDAY: Jay Mart Plc will discuss the progress of its fund mobilisation through the initial coin offering of JFin Coin, at Ballroom 1, InterContinental Bangkok. The Federation of Thai Capital Market Organisations calls a press briefing on understanding initial coin offerings at the Stock Exchange of Thailand. WEDNESDAY: The Thai Rice Exporters Association will discuss Thailand’s rice export trends this year and the global rice market at the association on Rama IV Road. Asia Plus Group Holdings Plc chief executive Kongkiat Opaswongkarn will reveal business plans and strategies for the group this year at the St Regis Bangkok. THURSDAY: Index Creative Village Co and Thai AirAsia will call a press conference on Kilorun 2018, the running festival for food, fun, friends, and family that will be organised in four big cities: Bangkok, Bali in Indonesia, Osaka in Japan, and Hanoi, Vietnam. The press briefing will take place at Index Creative Village office on Pridi Banomyong Soi 42. ME by TMB will discuss its move towards digital banking this year, at Gaysorn Urban Resort Hotel. Krungsri will hold a press conference on the bank’s business strategies for 2018-20, at its head office on Rama III Road.
SEMINARS
TUESDAY: Ministers from the six Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries will meet at the 5th GMS Environment Ministers’ Meeting (EMM-5) which will be held until Thursday at the Shangri-La Chiang Mai to review progress and set the agenda for environmental cooperation in the region under the GMS Economic Cooperation Programme. Thailand Development Research Institute research director Kirida Bhaopichitr speaks on global and Asean economic trends at the MExperience seminar, Bhiraj Hall, Bitec Bangkok. WEDNESDAY: Deloitte Thailand is holding a seminar on “Deloitte Cyber Talks Digital Identity: Laying the foundation for digital enterprises,” aims to provide the latest information and analytical views on topics such as security digital marketplace through digital identities, building trusted digital relationships with customer identity access management. The seminar will be held at Platinum 1 Room, Inter-Continental Hotel. THURSDAY: The International Trade Promotion Department has partnered with the Thai National Shippers’ Council and the Bank of Thailand to hold a seminar on managing foreign exchange risks in international trade, at the New Economy Academy in the department’s area on Ratchadaphisek Road. Workday, an enterprise cloud for finance and human resources, is holding a seminar entitled “Engaging Thailand’s Workforce of the Future” at Studio R6, 4th floor, Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel. Workday has invited human resource and recruitment leaders representing a variety of Thai institutions and businesses to discuss how these new trends in human resource and technology are forecast to shape workplaces in the future, as well as the challenges and opportunities that Thai companies will face in 2018.
AWARDS
TUESDAY: CP All Plc presents the second 7-Eleven Sustainable SME Award to winners at the Dusit Thani Hotel. The award is a project with partners, including the Industrial Promotion Department, Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion, and the Capitalised Retailers and SME Trade Association.